{
  "id": 12127354,
  "title": "Raser etter rapport-lekkasje: – Skandale",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/raser-etter-rapport-lekkasje-skandale-12127354",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-05T08:34:33.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "E24 Norway",
    "slug": "e24-norway",
    "url": "https://e24.no/naeringsliv/i/1onxzW/raser-etter-rapport-lekkasje-skandale"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A critical report on the data center industry, based on a summary of an unpublished report from the Technology Council, was released by NRK last Tuesday. The report's release was met with rapid dissemination in Norwegian media. The council's leader, Sverre Gotaas, had promised the report would come out the following day. However, the industry is still waiting for access to the report as of Monday, October 5th. The Technology Council has presented findings that are being used to argue for a halt to the entire sector. Øystein Eriksen Søreide, who leads Abelia, a federation of around 2,800 knowledge and technology companies including several data center operators, says the council is presenting findings to argue for a shutdown of the entire industry. The Technology Council advises the Storting and the government on new technology. This is an unacceptable handling from an advisory public body, says the head of Abelia. The Technology Council provides advice to the Storting and government on new technology. - This is unacceptable management from a public advisory body. This is a scandal, continues the head of Abelia. NRK's report highlighted that data centers largely have foreign owners, that data centers \"consume electricity\" and generate \"limited value creation,\" and that traditional industries \"fear the future.\" When E24 interviewed Gotaas on Tuesday, he explained that it was a mistake that the report was not released. - I thought the report would have been released today (Tuesday). It has been released tomorrow (Wednesday), he said. E24 published the interview on Thursday, but the report is still not available. The head of Abelia believes the Technology Council is acting activistly. - They should be an advisory body to the government and Storting, but here they are acting like a political actor. This is under any criticism. That they also keep the knowledge base secret makes it extra distressing, he says. He says the data center industry must endure critical questions but that they must see how they arrived at their conclusions. - To the Technology Council we say: Release the report. We are looking forward to the debate, says he. Ingvild Østraat, communication director of the Technology Council, writes to E24 that it was a \"glitch in NRK\" that caused the interview to go out before the report was finished. - We understand that this was frustrating for many. However, we had to prioritize giving the expert group enough time for a final review to ensure the best possible outcome, she writes. The Technology Council plans to release the report within this week. Norsk Datasenterindustri leader Reynir Johannesson is also frustrated. \"Awaiting confirmation of a copy of the report. Bill. desparate,\" he wrote on LinkedIn, along with an AI-generated image of himself searching for the report. He reacted to the findings being used as premises in a Dagsnytt 18 debate between politicians Bjørnar Moxnes (R) and Torgeir Micaelsen (Ap) without the supporting data being published. \"We need a substantive debate where facts and analyses can collide with each other in an open and trustworthy dialogue. The debate is difficult when one of the leading premises providers for politicians engages in frontal attacks on an industry without showing either the report or the source material,\" he writes. The Technology Council aims to release the report in the first half of week 41. The goal of the report is to provide a knowledge base on data centers in Norway, and they will work further with a follow-up report that will provide recommendations in the area. They look forward to both debate and dialogue when the report is publicly released. The Ministry of Enterprise and Fisheries appoints the Technology Council for up to four years at a time. When asked about the handling by E24, they point to the council's independence. - The Technology Council is a public body that is independent and has its own responsibility for the publication and communication of its reports. The ministry has not been involved in deciding who has access to the report, writes the ministry in an email.",
  "summary": "Funn fra en datasenterrapport satte fyr på debatten forrige uke, men ingen har sett selve…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "E24 Norway",
        "title": "Raser etter rapport-lekkasje: – Skandale",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/raser-etter-rapport-lekkasje-skandale",
        "published": "2026-10-05T08:34:33.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}